Here’s a worn but nice 1798 Draped Bust Large Cent that I recently added to my collection. Only 1,841,745 were minted. As far as I can tell it’s a normal coin, meaning not one of the known varieties. I believe this to be a strong borderline AG-3/G-4 grade. My Red Book has this as a $200 coin in AG-3 and double that amount in G-4. I think it’s closer to a G-4 but I’ll admit that grading this series is not a good point of mine. It’s worn but has a clear date and there is some detail left on the coin. It’s easily identifiable. You be the judge of the grade. After all, the coin is 227 years old. It’s clean of marks.
Nice find. Possible ED? AG3+ish? EAC grading is not my bailiwick. But I'd add it to my 7070 every day of the week. And twice on Sunday.
I like it. I just picked one up Tuesday. It's pretty rough, but like you pointed out, it's 227 years old, and getting harder to find in any condition. I got this one because you can read the date ok, and the reverse is actually in decent condition. My pictures aren't that great because i hurried.
I'd call the coin a G-4; not sure from the pictures if it's details but it's on the better side if so. CDNs are $121/155 for S-148, and it's an R-2 according to the Greysheet. S-148 is one of the more common varieties, which is why I referenced it's numbers over others. I'm not much help besides that sadly. I'll admit I can attribute VAMs better than Sheldon numbers. At least I've gotten a single VAM down. One day I might get better. \_o-o_/
